AN: What?! another chapter within a semi-reasonable timeframe! what's going on?!

Well, nothing exactly other than having some extra time but other than that I got nothing. On to the chapter


"Uhh..." they definitely were not expecting him and the Doctor.

"C'mon girls we've got what's been turned into a reconesense mission ahead of us and we're two minutes behind schedule" with that the Doctor was off standing next to the Bullhead waiting to leave, that left team RWBY standing a little baffled, Karbon decided to walk to the Bullhead as well though as he got to it he took off the Black Knight helmet and attached it to his belt.

By the time the girls actually got into the Bullhead and they were on their way to Mountain Glenn Oobleck went over the mission objective and the unlisted objective, which they happened to know about for whatever reason already. That left him sitting with his feet dangling out the door. Yang came over to where he was sitting when the pilots were looking for a good spot to land and asked him a question.

"Hey, teach What's with the new armour and matching weapons? Wasn't your other gear fine?" he began standing to step off when he answered her.

"Oh, nothing was wrong with it I just decided to change to something that covered me in more armour" and with that he stepped off hitting the ground with enough weight to crack the pavement with a loud thump.

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On the other end of Remnant, a black dragon roared and screeched as it incinerated hundreds of Grimm with its black flame, the landscape around it barren and destroyed except for a lone dark tower in the distance. The singular eye locked onto the tower, the Dragons wings flapped furiously as it sped up soaring through the Grimmlands like a jet. The eye of the Dragon stared directly into the wide-eyed pale woman standing in a room of the tower.

Black Dragon Kalameet tore through the tower blasting it with his abyssal black flames, they engulfed the tower and its inhabitants as the building collapsed onto itself. The Grimm of the nearby area rushing towards the tower in an attempt to fight the Black Dragon they reach the flaming wreak only to blasted as well. The black flames burned on as more and more Grimm showed up to face the beast of calamity, hours passed as Kalameet torched the surrounding area and Grimm though when the flames eventually died down and the ground charred black the dragon nested itself in the ruins of the tower and it closed its eye to slumber without interruption.

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Karbon scratched the back of his head as he watched RWBY set up camp in an abandoned building they'd found. I feel something familiar, like a presence one that wasn't here before, hm. I wonder what's giving me this feeling? Surely it's not the fire reminding me of the bonfires of Lordran? I wond- suddenly drawn from his thoughts to the girls below the rafter he sat on Karbon listened to their conversation about their answers to what his colleague had asked them all earlier in the day.

He hummed a lulling tune he remembered hearing sometime after he'd arrived at Lordran, the tune was a nameless song by right of his memory as he'd forgotten what it was called though he thought to himself Nameless Song sounds fitting. The tune whispered its way through the campsite they had as Karbon checked over his equipment and looked through his satchel to see if he'd lost anything since coming to Remnant. He hadn't lost anything though he took some more time to reflect on what had happened as a general.

I may not be able to remember my life before being cursed but that doesn't really matter in the end does it? After all I spent so long rotting in the asylum before Oscar dropped a key into my cell, heh, it's almost funny really he saved my life because of some stupid riddle passed down his family and I wish he'd let me save him when he'd given me the Estus flask the moron had been so hellbent on the idea of that being his end and me going on without him… Something caught his attention stopping his train of thought, he pulled out binoculars and took a closer look all he found was a Beowolf, as he was placing the binoculars back in his satchel he watched the small dog Ruby had brought with her trot to the other side of the building and relieve itself.

As the dog walked back to lay with Ruby it looked up to him for a moment then it laid with its owner.

Karbon enjoyed the time he had to himself as he waited the night to pass, though he'd have wished the fire was truly like those of Lordran and allowed time to pass quickly but the further from the fire to an extent the time moved slower than that of someone sat right next to it, or at least that had been what the warrior at Firelink had once told him when he had asked why he say where he did. It didn't take him long to understand why he did as his journey continued and he valued the idea more and more, the idea that time moves on without you. About an hour after midnight while Karbon was keeping an eye on Yang as she was on watch the dog got up again this time it woke Ruby and made her follow it as it left the building, Karbon got up and followed carefully keeping an eye on them, after relieving itself again Ruby made a remark about the dog being able to do it literally anywhere here seeing as they were in a ruins. That makes two of us thinking that after all, it did it earlier on the other end of the building why did it feel the need to go out here? Karbon noticed something out of the corner of his eye, it was two people dressed the same in white, grey and black with white masks with red highlights.

That definitely doesn't look suspicious out in the middle of the ruins… maybe the dog smelt their scent and wanted Ruby to find them? Or get her to tell the others? He watched on as Ruby noticed them and proceed to follow them slowly, he noticed they seemed to be walking aimlessly before he went to turn and leave he heard a cracking noise similar to what he'd heard when he hit the ground after jumping from their transport. Looking back there was an enormous crack under Ruby and his eyes widened he acted without thought and dashed across the road to her and shoved her out of the way. The weight of his gear must have been too much as the ground gave way entirely under him after Ruby hit the other side with a high pitched squeal. Hitting the ground back first Karbon was immediately winded and proceed to go through two floors of the building he hit, pulling his helmet off he coughed blood getting an iron tang in his mouth as he lay on his back reaching for his Estus.

After drinking from the flask he sat up with a pained sigh "I really want to never do that ever again" sitting up he wiped his face and put his helmet back on.

Voices came from a few levels above him as he stood and unhooked his sword and shield, looking back up to the massive hole in the floors of the building he'd hit and the gaping maw that had given way under him, it looked as though Ruby, though barely visible, was standing near the edge looking down upon him from what he could make out she was panicking. Looking around it didn't seem as though it would be easy to get back up so he continued his way down the building without the falling through floors part.

Reaching the bottom he was greeted by more people in the white, grey and black. They ordered him to say why he was there and who he was threatening him with death by their firing line, they may not have been able to see his face through the helmet but he could see how absolutely terrified they were of his appearance a few of the six that stood in front of him were shaking and their eyes wide, their eyes only got wider as he moved to put his shield away and two hand his greatsword. The massive charred black blade didn't cut right through the White Fang members immediately like he thought it should have but instead winded them and sent them back a few feet onto their backs. Karbons eyes narrowed Is this what Aura can do? I guess I'll just have to swing at full strength from now on. The White Fang scooted away from him before standing and breaking into a full sprint while yelling about him being a demon.

Well, that was anticlimactic he sighed. He'd have hoped people capable of taking a hit from the Black Knight Greatsword would be more willing to fight him, seeing as they've left me alone I imagine Ruby told the Dr. and I should be able to call them on the scroll. A repetitive tune played as he called Oobleck, it went on for a minute or so before it cut out and a message appeared 'Unable to make the call with current connection' That idea got shot down pretty quickly, didn't it. Sometimes I feel as though my life is a story for someones twisted amusement. Karbon decided to walk around though leaning toward the direction the White Fang had gone off in. It wasn't particularly long before he found them again though not the same ones he saw a large group loading crates onto a train and a man wearing a white coat with a black hat and orange hair ordering them around.

The orange haired man was going off at the Faunus, "Hurry it up you miserable sods! I don't know what this 'Black Demon' is but from what I got out of your friends I'm sure as hell not staying around to find out. Move! Move! Useless animals" Roman whispered the last part, walking toward the front of the train he motioned to some of the White Fang "Get your heads out of your arses and get this Dust on board already we're leaving early"

Well, I wouldn't say I'm a 'Black Demon' more a Black Knight than anything else. Karbon slowly made his way around the building he was using as cover and moved closer to the train, as he got closer he noticed a lot of rubble on the ground from the surrounding ruins while sneaking his way over there was a large explosion on the other end of the area and as soon as the smoke cleared Team RWBY and his colleague came running toward the train. Roman went wide-eyed and yelled "For fuck sake, you people are here now too! First a 'demon' and now you lot it's like I'm a magnet for weird annoyances!" he raised Melodic Cudgel and fired, the shot hit just in front of where the Red Reaper was running toward. Roman turned as he heard very heavy footfalls from behind him, as he turned he saw what he could only think the animals would call 'Black Demon'. The thing charged him with a low sounding roar, he jumped backwards as a enormous blade came down on where he was just standing the blade sunk at least four or five inches into the ground, now normally he would have assumed that the sword was not coming out of the ground after going so far in but this wasn't normally and about as soon as it hit the ground it was wrenched out.

Roman did the only sane thing he had left he could do. He ran for his life. The train started with a heavy grumbling before slowly building up speed not before long it was off at full speed.

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Ozpin was sat at his desk drinking coffee going over what he and Bart discussed with Karbon about, he also had a video up on his terminal and the more he thought over what Karbon had described the Demons he faced as the more worried Ozpin got about the minute and a half long clip he was sent by Qrow, the clip featured a few of the Demons that Karbon had called 'Taurus Demons' and four or so of the type he'd called 'Capra Demons'. The Demons were attacking a town and there were Grimm there attacking as well though the Grimm didn't get very far as the Demons decimated them with little effort, the clip cut out with a muffled "What the fuck". Ozpin couldn't blame Qrow for swearing all he could do was watch as these well… Demons destroy a town and treat the Grimm like they were as much a problem as the people in the town.

Sighing he stood and walked to the window looking out over the city when he heard a thunderous far off sounding boom followed by a plume of smoke coming from the city.

Ozpin calmly walked back to his desk and sat down, he proceeded to call Glynda and inform her of an attack on the city and get any senior students they had to the city to help while he called for any Huntsman in the area to help immediately, as he sent the final message he noticed James' ships heading toward the city.

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Karbon felt his back slam into stone with enough force that it would have killed any normal human, crimson liquid flew from his mouth as he began pushing himself up only to crumble back with a scream of pain, he looked down to where the pain was coming from and his arm was snapped in several places and was also bent backwards with a metal spike of some kind through it. The blood pooling around him only grew as he tried to reach for his Estus with his good hand, before drinking he yanked the metal out, taking a big swig from the flask he sat up and noticed his helmet was gone and looking around him the once train car now dismantled and missing parts had his sword through a wall that was bent outward towards where he heard shouting.

As he stood he stretched and moved his once wrecked arm making sure the Estus did it's work, walking out he grasped the handle of the greatsword and dragged it out of the metal it was stuck in. The blade scrapped across concrete as he walked out and lifted the sword up and rested it on his shoulder, his left hand gripped his jaw and pushed his head, either way, making his neck click letting a sigh escape him. His greyish graphite hair got pushed back as he ran a hand through his hair while walking toward where he heard gunfire and saw Grimm running to. Arriving at the scene he found team RWBY was surrounded and Grimm on all angles, before he went to head down to help he noticed the help from above that was coming and decided to clean up any that might come his way, something caught his eye as he turned his gaze from the airships to RWBY there was a small group of 3 people on a building nearby. Karbon's eyes narrowed. I would have thought any Huntsman would be helping, so why are they watching?

Not after too long robots began to drop from ships and kill Grimm alongside some Huntsman that had shown up, leaving Karbon to let them fight while he headed to the team and his colleague who was fighting some of the remaining Grimm. Team RWBY were talking amongst themselves when he walked up and slotted his sword onto his back with a metallic shink. The girls turned and said there hellos before continuing on, Oobleck got his attention and asked if he was okay and the two held a conversation until they went to head back to the academy. Karbon saw his reflection on the way and his eyes widened when he saw that half his face was covered in blood as well as there being some dried around his mouth though he quickly wiped it away. Why didn't anyone mention the large amount of blood on my face?! That seems as though it should warrant concern.

When they got back to the school he and Bartholomew made their way to the Headmasters office to report their findings and the mission as a whole though Bart did most of the talking until Karbon told them what happened to him. Karbon watched as his green haired senior left the office leaving him with Ozpin as he had asked to talk to him privately.

"Thank you for staying behind to talk with me Karbon"

"No problem Ozpin, is there something the matter?"

"Hm, yes there is it would seem there's something that is a matter I find only you would be capable of handling. There is something attacking some smaller settlements that are quite far from Vale and they would seem to be as you described some of the Demons you once fought"

"Oh..." was the only response Karbon could muster as his mind raced at a million miles an hour trying to figure out how? The Demons of Izalith had appeared here. Unless my theory about time travel was right? And these are just some remnants of Izalith that survived. I suppose a planet being named 'Remnant' makes sense if it's what's left after so many years. His crazy theories aside Ozpin began talking again.

"And because your the only person who would be qualified per say I would like you to go and take care of them and report back to me with any findings on why or how they got to Remnant. Seeing as you just got back though depending on how your feeling you could stay at Beacon for a few more days to rest up before leaving, oh and before I forget a contact of mine will be meeting you when you get there, so what do you want to do?"

"I take some time to rest but I will be ready to leave tomorrow"

After the two finished their conversation Ozpin went back to work before getting a call from the council and Karbon went back to his room to prepare anything he might want. Whilst going through his satchel he did find his helmet, though he did get a fright from Rubellite when he was changing out of his armour it as though she just appeared he didn't notice her till he thought that he hadn't seen her since he got back, but he shrugged it off and talked to her while he had the chance and bounced some ideas about his appearance here off her though she seemed indifferent about it though said she would keep an eye out and look into anything she thought might give answers, he thanked her for the offer and eventually he went to sleep. Unlike some of the other times he'd slept, he didn't get transported to some place but instead woke up the next morning without remembering his dream and was yet again he wasn't paying much attention right before he left for Ozpin's office and Rubellite seemed to just appear.

An hour after talking with Ozpin he was on his way to some rural area to meet with Ozpin's contact who had been told he was coming, the meeting spot was going to be a tavern for whatever reason that Karbon couldn't figure out. The Bullhead that dropped him off landed about twenty odd minutes away from the village. The settlement was pretty dull looking when he got there though there were some amount of spark still left in the men he talked to at the gate before heading in, the guards had mentioned to him the villages name 'Ikkai' he thought the way it was pronounced was similar to the language of some of the things he had seen come from the east like the Uchigatana and the other swords like it.

The tavern was quiet as he walked in, he got a few stares from the patrons, the bartender gave him a nod when he sat down and leaned his sword up against the wall. The man he sat next to was about middle-aged, had a grey shirt a short red cloak and black hair that was slicked back he also had an odd sword on horizontally across his lower back. The man was face down on the bar with a glass half full in hand, he grumbled nonsense to himself. The bartender asked Karbon if he wanted something to drink but he declined and said he was just waiting for someone.

The man next to him lifted his head after Karbon replied and looked him up and down before speaking.

"Well… Ozpin's description was definitely apt, I assume you're the one he wants me to show the things that I found? I'm Qrow by the way what was your name?" Qrow drunk the last of his drink in one go after speaking.

"Oh! Ah.. yeah I guess I am, Nice to meet you Qrow."


AN: Yo! looks like you made it to the end and didn't hurt yourself trying to get past my bad writing and at that, you managed to read this AN. N-not that I didn't think you couldn't do it or anything B-baka! enough with the Tsundere act anyhow thanks for reading I'll have another chapter up eventually.

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